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Strong's #15 - ἀγαθοποιέω
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- to do good, do something which profits others
- to be a good help to someone
- to do someone a favour
- to benefit
- to do well, do right
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ἀγαθο-ποιέω,
Ι.
1. do good, Mark 3:4, S.E. M. 11.70, Aesop. 66.
2. ἀ. τινά do good to, Luke 6:33 : c. dupl. acc., LXX Numbers 10:32, Aristeas 242: τινί LXX 2 Maccabees 1:2.
3. make good, τι Plot. 6.7.22; τὰ κακά Corp.Herm. 9.4.
4. Astrol., make favourable, Vett.Val. 203.32: Pass., Jul.Laod. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 5(1).185. exert beneficent influence, Procl. Par.Ptol. 292.
II. do well, act rightly, 1 Peter 2:15.
ἀγαθοποιέω, (ῶ; 1 aorist infinitive ἀγαθοποιῆσαι; (from ἀγαθοποιός);
1. to do good, do something which profits others: Mark 3:4 (Tdf. ἀγαθόν ποιῆσαι; Luke 6:9); to show oneself beneficent, Acts 14:17 Rec.; τινα, to do some one a favor, to benefit, Luke 6:33, 35, (equivalent to הַיטִיב, Zephaniah 1:12; Numbers 10:32; Tobit 12:13, etc.).
2. to do well, do right: 1 Peter 2:15, 20 (opposed to ἁμαρτάνω);
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ἀγαθο -ποιέω , -ῶ
(= cl. ἀγαθὸν ποιεῖν , εὐεργετεῖν ),
[in LXX: Numbers 10:32, Judges 17:13 A, Ze 1:12 (H3190 hi.), Tobit 12:13 B, 1 Maccabees 11:33, 2 Maccabees 1:2*;]
to do good;
(a) univ.: 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 2:20, 1 Peter 3:6; 1 Peter 3:17, 3 John 1:11;
(b) for another's benefit: Mark 3:4 (T, ἀγαθὸν ποιῆσαι ), Luke 6:9;
(c) acc pers., Luke 6:33; Luke 6:35 (Cremer, 8).†
*† ἀγαθουργέω , -ῶ ,
contracted form (rare, v. WH, App., 145) of ἀγαθοερ - (q.v.),
to do good: Acts 14:17.†
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